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Is Klinefelter syndrome a trisomy?


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Yes. Klinefelter's syndrome is a trisomy.

Klinefelter's syndrome

  • It is a recessive disorder affecting males.
  • Klinefelter's syndrome is a trisomy because usually in males there will be one X chromosome and Y chromosome. But the person affected with this syndrome will have an extra X chromosome making the chromosome pattern as XXY.
  • Risk includes breast cancer, infertility for a male having this symptom.

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